Eurowings A332 at Cologne on Oct 20th 2015, engine access door separated on departure
Last Update: October 22, 2015 / 13:52:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
4U-592
Departure
Cologne/Bonn, Germany
Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AXGA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The airline confirmed that parts of the engine cowling separated, there were no abnormal indications, the crew received information when the aircraft was over southern France and continued the flight to Palma Mallorca. Lufthansa Technik as well as Germany's BFU are investigating as to why the parts separated.
Germany's BFU confirmed they were informed about the separation of parts of the cowling of the left hand engine and are currently undertaking a technical examination in coordination with Spain's CIAIAC.
The Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), Germany's ATC provider, reported that tower did not observe parts separating from the engine, the parts were later reported by another crew, collected in a runway inspection and identified, which took about 45 minutes. The crew was informed about the parts of engine cowling having been found when the aircraft was over southern France about one hour after departure.
Passenger Christina Beeke reported in Germany's Bild, that soon after takeoff she noticed something separating from the engine, took a photo and told cabin crew about her observation. Cabin crew however explained, this was no problem, and appeared uninterested, the flight was continued.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
4U-592
Departure
Cologne/Bonn, Germany
Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AXGA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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